Television Writing
I’m listening to this Breaking Bad Podcast right now and it's very interesting in a writer standpoint. Vince Gilligan talks about all his ideas he had for his characters and how different they are from the show.
As Vince says in the podcast “What a collaborative Medium this is.” One of the best-written shows took an entire staff and a pitch to AMC every season. It takes Rewrite, after Rewrite. It takes people reviewing each other’s work and ideas in order to create a great piece of work.
My point is that even the greatest writers rely on others to help them realize their work to it’s fullest potential. So if you ever have a script or an Idea, the best way to make your work solid is to work with one another. If you have an Idea let people read it and let them give you criticism. Listen to them, don’t put up your defenses, take the criticism and really think about it.
I suggest listening to the last episode of this podcast, it does contain spoilers but it goes in depth into Vince’s mind and his process and his writer’s process. It has a lot of good pointers and what goes on in a writer’s room.
That’s my late night rant, please enjoy and I hope the advice helps anybody in his or her writing endeavors.
- http://www.amctv.com/shows/breaking-bad/insider-podcast-season-5